The president has expressed full faith and confidence in me. Fit for duty, the White House Doctor releases his assessment of President Biden calling him a healthy, active and robust 81yearold. The one test he didnt have done. And why. More money, more problems, a judge refuses to halt Donald Trumps nearly half billion dollar fraud penalty. Leaving him less than a month to pay the money or secure what he calls an impossible bond. Plus, the largest wildfire in Texas History grossed more than 1 million acres and counting. How people in one town covered in ash are talking about rebuilding. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin on capitol hill where they push Defense Secretary lloyd austin for answers on his failure to disclose his secret hospital stay last month. Nbcs Courtney Kube joins us now. How did the secretary defend himself . Reporter well, he did make the point over and over, that despite his hospitalization, despite his staff nor he notifyi
green light and that they can go ahead and deal with this and get accepted in this country once they re done with this. cities far away from the border getting overwhelmed. we ll talk to one new york suburb official shutting down a hotel planning to house migrants in the big apple. from el paso, with the latest what s going on this, matt. hi, neil. so often you see the aerial and drone videos of the large migrant groups going into the united states and you may ask what happens after that? many are processed and released and that s the scene behind us right now. the migrants outside of the sacred heart shelter in el paso taking up about two city blocks right now, sleeping on the pavement, sheltering in a dirty alleyway and sadly many are coughing and showing signs of illness and you know, the question, what happens next? you know, we re told by a pastor within the past hour or two that some of the religious organizations and charitable organizations will sponsor some of thes
means necessary to protect what he considers russian territory after a string of humiliating setbacks in ukraine. white house advisor john kirby with dana and me last hour calling putin s comments irresponsible. he is definitely under more pressure now internally and externally and increasingly clear he is not doing well in ukraine. why else call up a mobilization of 300,000 troops? we have said from the beginning and you would see the rhetoric last night is consistent with this from him. it is irresponsible for a nuclear power to speak that way about the possible use of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction. dana: greg palkot is live in london. hi, greg. yes, tough words from russian president vladimir putin as his going gets tougher in his war against ukraine. in a rare televised address he called for the partial mobilization of reservists, 300,000, to bolster the ranks of his forces hit harder than expected by ukraine military counter offensive. most dis
sore losers. you bob for apples in the toilet and you like it. you play ball like a girl! jesse: when kids don t get their way they turn to name-calling. right now the democrats are acting like children. after democrats failed to contain the border crisis. a few republican governors decided to step in and help alleviate the problem. they shipped some migrants to a few sanctuary cities and the libs lost it. it didn t take long for obama to start calling republicans racist. but i will say that right now the biggest fuel behind the republican agenda is related to immigration and the fear that somehow america s character is going to be changed if people of darker shades, there are too many of them here. jesse: anybody who want a secure border a racist? barry might want to look in the mirror. remember this. this administration, the bush administration has done nothing to control the problem that we have. we have had five million undocumented workers come over the borders
even though the president was face-to-face with the fed chair today, he says he s still staying hands off. my plan is simple, respect the fed, respect its independence which i will continue to do. even though biden wanted interest rates raised is not an economic cure without its own side effects. put jerome powell in a box. they have to raise interest rates. when they raise interest rates, it makes it harder to buy a home, usually make the stock market go down as we ve seen. and that will affect people s 401(k)s. jerome powell doesn t have a lot of options. republicans say the best option to get inflation under control is to get government spending under control. the white house today is not second guessing any past spending. do you think that any part of inflagrants this year is because of president biden s spending plan or is it all putin s fault? brian just spoke to this. we re at a historic place when it comes to the economy. now we re going to a place where i